Prevalence of anaemia among pregnant women in a Jewish community in Jerusalem according to selected socio-demographic characteristics.
The prevalence of anaemia in pregnant women in a Jewish community in the Western Area of Jerusalem between 1985-1988 was studied. The prevalence of anaemia in this population was 19%. Anaemia was found to increase significantly with maternal age and parity, and had an indirect association with social class.
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School of Public Health, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014505:Urban Population